IT-Lifeline Hosts Webinar Focused on FFIEC Vendor Management Guidelines

--(BUSINESS WIRE)--IT-Lifeline

What:	With more banks outsourcing their business operations, bank examiners have renewed their focus on vendor management. To align with bank examiners’ expectations, bankers can use FFIEC vendor management guidelines to quickly evaluate a third-party vendor’s ability to mitigate risk and protect important data.
Who:	Brandon Tanner, VP at IT-Lifeline, a provider of comprehensive disaster recovery and testing solutions for the financial services industry, offers insight on the following:
	-- Using FFIEC guidelines to better understand service agreements
	-- The evolution of SAS 70 type I/type II to SSAE 16 attestation
	-- Applying vendor management best practices
When:	Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. PST, Tanner will be available for interviews following the webinar
Register at:	http://www.wib.org/conferences__education/webinars.html#oct_30
Contact:	To speak with Tanner, contact: Ron Anderson at (678)-781-7219

About IT Lifeline

IT-Lifeline provides banks and credit unions with a full range of private cloud-based information protection and recovery alternatives and facilities. The company’s certified experts, advanced technology infrastructure and facilities ensure cost effective, secure data vaulting and fast recovery from system failure, human error, or nature or man-caused adversity. Located in geologically stable, climatically mild eastern Washington State, IT-Lifeline’s business recovery center is easy to get to from anywhere in the Western United States. Additional information is available at www.itlifeline.net.